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No. 442,759. Patented Dec. 16. 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIcE.

HENRY l". STRUSS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,759, dated December16, 1890.

Application filed June 19, 1890. Serial No. 355,942. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that'I, HENRY \V. STRUSS, a

resident of the city, county, and State of Newwall, so as to limit itscompression of the spring, as hereinafter more fully described.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof,wherein Figure 1 represents a top view of one form of the bufier; andFig. 2 is a top view of the buffer, showing it between two doors.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A represents the body of the dooror footb0ard of the wall, as the case may be.

13 B are bolts, by which the spring 0 is secured to the door orfoot-board A.

The spring 0 is made of steel, rattan, or any other analogous material,steel being preferably used. The spring 0 is secured at the point a toone of the bolts B, and curving around in an arc is passed through theeyein the other bolt B, Which is an eyebolt, from the outer side toallow the spring to contract to an unlimited extent by running throughthe said eye, and thus obviating the danger of the spring breaking whenthe door is slammed against it. The free end of the spring is thuscontained in its own loop, and requires no special cover to prevent itscraping the door or the frame.

My buffer operates to protect the wall, or, as shown in Fig. 2, topreventthe knobs of two doors swinging toward each other from knockingtogether.

Therefore, having described my invention, what I claim is In a doorbuffer or stop, the combination of the screw-fastener B and independentscreweye B, with the curved spring 0, said spring being rigidly securedto the fastener B and passed through the eye B from the outer side, itsfree end being contained within said loop, substantially as described.

HENRY XV. STRUSS.

Witnesses:

JAMES L. SUYDAM, LIVINGSTON EMERY.

